Final Film Opening

After months of planning, preparation and post-production, we have finally completed our 2 minute Sci-Fi film opening for the film 'Cold Blood'. 

Here it is:

Reflection

When looking back over my experience whilst carrying out this project, I was able to recognise our success in planning and creating an ambitious product that challenged the status quo in terms of what is usually produced by A Level students. That being said, many issues arose during the course of production; some of which we were unable to overcome. Firstly, due to the intricate and complicated nature of our chosen genre, we struggled to make the footage we had look professional and polished. Were I able to redo this project, I would elect to create a smaller cast, allowing for more flexibility when it comes to the filming schedule as by having such a large cast we were only able to film on one day to maintain continuity. Overall, this has been an educational experience which has taught me many skills that I did not have before commencing work on our product.

Evaluation Question 7 - Looking back at your Preliminary Task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Evaluation Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

The reason for carrying out the interviews were to show who our target audience would be for our film ‘Cold blood’. In the interview we use two people one a 16 year old female and the second a 17 year old male. These people were our perfect target age within the age range through teenage years and early adulthood.

Over the top of the interview recordings there are clips of the programmes and films, which were mentioned throughout the interviews. Each of the clips has relevance to our film.

We expect our audience to have watch similar things to what our interviewees have said in ‘teen wolf and walking dead’ these are both TV programs which entice the audiences through the horror aspects of things. We target this group of people by using certain aspects of things that appeal to this kind of people. 

The secondary audience would be the people accompanying these people for example friends, family and partners.

Evaluation Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Special Effects

Lack of budget, equipment and technology.

Used slow motion and sped up some scenes.

Relied on editing software – Final Cut Pro

Altering of colours using filters.

Enhancing green eyes using editing software colour wheel.

Most sci-fi and horror films use special effects like green screens and have higher budgets to work with.

Title, Font and Style

Black and White, Bold, Decaying 

Sense of Importance

Catches your attention

Ominous

Font similar to apocalyptic films but also can be very different to horror and sci-fi genres.

Setting up of the story

Audience feel disorientated at the beginning, only to be clarified when the film will go back in time after the opening.

Dive right in to the middle of the story.

Main characters introduced.

Ends on cliff hanger – what is going to happen next?

Doesn't start from the beginning like most films - challenges expectations

Costumes and Props

Contact lenses and scale make up, fake blood and injuries help depict genre.

Baseball bat – links to life of a teenager.

Not many props unlike many films - shows lack of belongings in circumstances.

Genre

Use of blood, dark colours and unnatural make up.

Solidifies the violent and unnatural themes.

The font and depicted devastation clarifies the genre to include violence, sci-fi themes and horror.

Unlike horror because it is focusing on the plot and the cure and disease more than scaring people which makes it more sci-fi.

How characters are introduced

Straight into middle of the plot

Uncertain position to be clarified later on

Tense and hectic atmosphere, hard to make a judgement, especially since the opening lacks speech – the relationship with the character comes later on

Camerawork and Editing

Use of quick cuts

White Noise to add suspense and tension

Failure of civilization